Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.

This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves. So we find messages of self-salvation extremely attractive, whether they are religious (Keep these rules and you earn eternal blessing) or secular (Grab hold of these things and you’ll experience blessing now).

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.

It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.

For every one look at your sins, take five looks at your Savior.